Los Angeles Wild Fires

Were "several" instigators of BLM rallies and Antifa riots arrested and charged with arson in California and Oregon wildfires? No, that's not true: Federal and local officials have dismissed the claim that left-wing extremists were involved in starting wildfires that have ravaged the northwestern United States in September 2020 and they have asked for an end to the false claims…

Did the wildfires that have ravaged much of the western United States in September 2020 stop at the borders and not impact Mexico and Canada? No, that's not true. The U.S. northern border has been breached with blazes -- while to the south, major fires broke out in summer and appear to continue, according to reports and maps showing blazes…

Did Twitter, Google and YouTube block users from seeing video of an aerial flame-thrower starting wildland fires? No, that's not true: the video has been available on several social media feeds since Aug. 21, 2020. Also, the video shows a large helicopter-mounted fire-starting torch, not a drone with a flame-thrower. The claims appeared Sept. 12, 2020, in a Tweet (archived…

Were 2 million women and children held captive under The Getty Museum in Los Angeles last year? No, that's not true. "These claims are fictitious and dangerous and of course we refute them," Lisa Lapin, vice president of communications, J. Paul Getty Trust, told Lead Stories. A claim has gone viral that the museum has a secret "underground pedophile lair…

Did Weird Al Yankovic come out with a parody song and video titled "This Is My Hair I Cut" that spoofed Childish Gambino's "This Is America"? No, that's not true: a satirical music news website made some satire about Weird Al and people thought it was real. However Weird Al released no such song, the entire thing was made up…